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Posted on 09/06/2026 10:47:07 AM PDT by DFG
The slur-spewing plane passenger who was duct-taped and zip-tied to his seat after an alleged mid-flight meltdown has been identified as an Arizona realtor.
Layne Arthur Lundeen, 67, of Tucson, forced American Airlines flight 618 from Dallas to Newark to land prematurely in Baltimore after his obscene outburst Thursday night — during which the bigot hurled the N-word at a flight attendant and spouted anti-gay insults, according to police.
Lundeen’s LinkedIn said he was a vice president at Long Realty in Tucson, however, his profile had been scrubbed from the site.
Traveler Juan Mejia, a former law enforcement officer who was onboard, told ABC News he and friend Richard Olenick jumped into action near when they heard Lundeen two rows behind them becoming “belligerent” the end of the flight.
“[The] gentleman sitting two rows behind us started becoming belligerent, making derogatory remarks to the staff of American Airlines and other passengers, racial slurs, vulgar language, very offensive to the women” sitting in the row behind the Lundeen, Mejia said.
Olenick said Mejia “got up right away and jumped in the seat right next to the passenger and began working on restraining him in order to keep the situation contained.”
Wild footage from the flight shows Lundeen looking duct-taped to the chair like a Scooby Doo villain with his hands, head and torso bound.
American Airlines told The Post in a statement that the flight was diverted to Baltimore “due to a disruptive customer.” When the plane touched down in Baltimore, “law enforcement met the aircraft and assisted with deplaning the customer before the flight continued to its destination.”
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So he got to finish the flight in first class?
Someone skipped their meds.
Why was this guy jumped if all he was doing was being bellicose?
Did he threaten or strike anyone?
de plane! de plane!
Don’t you think it is excessive and cruel to tape him like that? I can’t believe we are cheering Gestapo tactics.
Or was drinking heavily in the airport.
I have the video and more info on my iPad at home. If I remember correctly he hit or pushed and elderly woman also
Somebody came prepared.
I would be surprised if those items are allowed in your carry-on luggage so it is most likely that it is standard equipment for the plane.
😆 😆
Nicely done
Can’t control your drinking, mouth, or behavior on a plane, train, ship, or bus then you should lose the right to travel by those means. That might put Carnival Cruise out of business but oh well
There’s that.
Maybe a wild man roaming the aircraft would be better on your next flight?
Apparently so.
He will not be at Long Realty for Long.
After a quick search, both items are allowed in your carry-on luggage.
It is quite a visual. What a scene it must have been. He looks pretty fit, their options were pretty limited l’m thinking
He is no Gerard Finneran, but is close.
It happened at the end of the flight so it could have been related to withdrawal from some substance. Hard to say what set him off.
In the end a lot of people had their flight, schedule and lives needlessly disrupted by yet another asshole.
My brother and sister still live in Arizona. They tell me that they are having a lot of problems like this across the state since the DemonRAT Socialist Snowflakes with Diplomas took over the state.
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